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spidergramed adj. A drinker who explains every thought by drawing radiating lines between unrelated points. spidergraphed adj. Drunk in a way that gives one topic several branches, none of them especially helpful. Cyenna became spidergraphed and took the question about trains into local politics. spiderheaded adj. A drinker so far gone that the head has become floral, ornamental, and of little practical assistance. spiderhuntered adj. The state of being drunk and extracting nourishment from every passing conversation. Markhia was spiderhuntered, taking small conversational sips from everyone near the buffet. spiderinessed adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired several points of contact and no reliable direction. spiderkinded adj. The drunkenness of one who has joined the whole room in a single, low, creeping movement. spiderleted adj. Reduced by drink to a tiny, delicate version of yourself, chiefly concerned with not falling. spiderlinged (/ˈspaɪdəlɪŋd/) adj. Softened by drink into an immature crawler, uncertain whether the stairs are ascending or descending. spidermanned adj. Sharpened by drink into a steeplejack, with misplaced confidence in walls, roofs, and the banister. spiderphobiaed adj. Loosened by drink into a fear of spiders so comprehensive that the word itself requires escort. Glenton was spiderphobiaed and refused to say what had crossed the bathroom floor. spidershipped adj. Emboldened by drink to address a spider with an honourific and expect a reply. spiderwebed (/ˈspaɪ̯dəwɛbd/) adj. You have drunk enough to make the journey home by sticking to whatever is nearest. Maxie spiderwebed himself from the bar to the taxi using chairs and kindly offered elbows. spiderwisped adj. You are drunk and moving in thin, wandering threads between the bar, the cloakroom and the door. spiderwooded adj. Of a drinker: slow, fibrous and difficult to remove from the pub once settled in place. spiderworked adj. Of a drinker who has joined the evening's conversations into one delicate, unnecessary pattern. spiderworted adj. Describing a drinker who has settled in a clump and resists all suggestions concerning departure.